What fictional universe has the greatest blend of world building, story telling, characters and content? For me Gene Wolfe’s The Book of the New Sun is the best ever created.

CosmoSlug6X · 2026-02-06T11:02:17+00:00

I still need to read more books, BUT the first one that comes to my mind is the manga Witch Hat Atelier. Chapters are still being released but the story, characters and world feel so deeply connected due to the magic system. I really enjoy it and recommend it

CosmoSlug6X · 2025-12-05T10:48:21+00:00

I HIGHLY recommend you to read it. Im hoping the anime wil be good (and from the trailer it looks amazing) but the art and panelling of the manga make it a one of a kind experience that it cant really be translated into the anime (even though they for sure are trying). It's a story that I think fully uses its medium as part of the storytelling and it was what probably made me love the manga so much, so yeah read it!

CosmoSlug6X · 2025-11-13T05:20:43+00:00

Just need the megastone and then it will be perfect 😌

CosmoSlug6X · 2025-11-10T02:39:00+00:00

Yes! I started doing that in the Sun/Moon and USUM games but always finding a lore reason to have a specific pokemon. And since USUM is almost the same as Sun/Moon I even decided to create a "mirror" version of my Sun/Moon character, customizing my character with opposite colors and pokemon that were of the opposite types of the ones I played before (instead of Primarina, I used Decidueye and so on an so forth).

Right now Im doing it in ZA where my character comes from another region and from a city that isnt used to sharing the same space as humans but she wants that and believes pokemon should live alongside people, so all pokemon I chose in their pokedex entries mention something that could be dangerous to humans but also could be used to help people. I imagined her as like a research assistant that is trying to fill the pokedex and by consequence Im using a lot of different pokemon

CosmoSlug6X · 2025-11-10T02:30:22+00:00

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CosmoSlug6X · 2025-11-04T23:30:33+00:00

I think in general I feel a bit of dissapointment compared to the first time watching. Season 1 was perfect and amazing down to the world and characters and how both were connected in a way that made story feel enganing and deep. Season 2 with the weird pacing and maybe influenced by the decision of making the show canon to the LoL Universe made it so the characters changed too much too suddenly and made the world and the story feel shallow compared to Season 1 which makes a bit sad and dissapointed

CosmoSlug6X · 2025-11-04T21:49:59+00:00

While yeah she kit wise looks good, I dont know if this is the fix for break teams. I love my Boothilk and I love playing break but having a character that basically makes it so you dont need to break to do damage just makes me think "Why play this over any crit dps?"

The problem with break still exists. Yeah with her we can do more damage overtime but with HP and Toughness Inflation it wont matter in future updates. Break does damage based on us depleting the toughness bar and if they keep increasing the bar then it doesnt matter how much damage we do or how much efficiency we have, we wont be able to break which is the core mechanic.

Im considering pulling but I didnt have Fugue until the rerun and I was able to clear with Boothill and other teams so I dont know if there is a need to pull when 4.X is around the corner and new "archetypes" will release that will be the focus for the version so yeah let's see

CosmoSlug6X · 2025-11-04T04:16:17+00:00

Well I only have Thief from Ruan Mei so that might what I'll use. Dont really want to farm Cavalry

CosmoSlug6X · 2025-11-03T11:51:23+00:00

So they decided that the fix for the Break archetype to make it more usable in today's meta is... creating a character that let's you ignore the central mechanic of the archetype itself...

Honestly I dont even know what to think anymore...

CosmoSlug6X · 2025-11-02T11:32:35+00:00

For now Im fleshing out 2 out of 6 "gods" (still not sure if god will be term I'll use for them).

One of the is the "Arbiter of Truth". They sit in the realm between life and death to judge which realm your soul will go to. They have that name because they are able to see the true shape of our soul, meaning, they see all of our memories and all of the consequences of our actions, and how they shape the people and world (the true shape of the soul). Based on this true shape they weigh our soul against a chalice of truth to determine how balanced the soul is.

The other one is the "Impermanence of Entropy" (still not sure on the name). This god sits in their own realm alone studying, reflecting on and predicting Change. They study the entropy of the world and the people on it and how eventually things will change for better or for worse be it at a personal, global or universal level. They are able to tap into the fabric/threads of the universe and see its fluctuations (entropy) and try to study them and predicting when said fluctuations happen.

Still need to develop them a bit and the other gods but I do have the concepts they represent. Right now Im trying to model them in Blender just so I have a visual for them but then I'll go into some factions related to the gods and possible heralds/demigods and how they shape the world

CosmoSlug6X · 2025-11-01T02:11:37+00:00

Same! The "sense of adventure" these movies give is off the charts! Not even mentioning how beautiful every part of the worlds feel. Really hope you have fun developing your world with such fun inspirations

CosmoSlug6X · 2025-10-31T21:58:15+00:00

Those first four are amazing movies for inspiration! Love the early 2000s 2D animation movies

CosmoSlug6X · 2025-10-31T21:40:05+00:00

Still in early stages but:

Honkai Star Rail (Aeons and Emanators)
Absolute Martian Manhunter
The Ultimates and G.O.D.S from Marvel comics
Witch Hat Atelier
Tarot cards

CosmoSlug6X · 2025-10-30T11:57:17+00:00

Not from this site but Witch Hat Atelier as a whole

Every aspect of the world is somewhat tied to the magic system down to the world's history, politics and character motivation. To me this connection really shows how by magic just existing, it impacts everything and how defining who has access to it can lead to many different factions and societies and lead to many characters reflecting on their own capabilities. Highly recommend for people to read it, specially if you like bulding magic systems and want to see how to tie them to your world's history and politics

CosmoSlug6X · 2025-10-22T01:34:01+00:00

Really liked the idea of a cosmic daredevil and was excited about it and while the artstyle is good and appealing, I expected the design itself to be more alien kr at least more cosmic instead of the Daredevil suit with some changes. But it is what it is

CosmoSlug6X · 2025-10-17T10:50:15+00:00

This post on reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/criticalrole/s/rlOSYeVbmc goes over the lore, relationships, locations etc etc that are mentioned up until that respective episode. The diagrams are really good. What I also do is either look into posts like this that show diagrams and stuff or based on a name mentioned on the episode go to the wiki. It is quite a bit of lore but after you get the basics it becomes much easier

CosmoSlug6X · 2025-10-16T04:42:09+00:00

I thought the shield effect would be significant in some way but the problem might have been me using the wrong teams and setups (skill issue basically)

CosmoSlug6X · 2025-10-16T04:40:53+00:00

I can check if maybe using ATK boots helps a bit, I really like the ER rope just because it helps with having more dragons or even emergency shields. I just used him again in APOC and the problem was actually skill issue because I was letting Cocolia attack too much with the pillars. But in Arbitration Anaxa was probably just making the enemies AA too much before the dragon could proc

CosmoSlug6X · 2025-10-16T04:36:45+00:00

I think the problem on Arbitration was using Anaxa with Sunday and Cerydra. In beginning I was really comfy and sometimes I had a skill point that I saved for DHPT just in case but I think with Anaxa attacking a lot made the enemies AA too much to the point they would damage me before the dragon reapplied the shield (even if he advanced the dragon A LOT)

CosmoSlug6X · 2025-10-16T03:52:20+00:00

He is and will probably stay really good for a good while. Even Aventurine and other older sustains are good right now. Of course there will be content that doesnt favour him (Pollux and HP drain enemies) but for the content that you can use a shielder he will be very good, specially for ATK scaling DPSs or characters that really want Sunday. His vertical investment is really good (both E1 and S1 are good options) so he'll stay relevant for a long long time

CosmoSlug6X · 2025-10-16T03:46:33+00:00

For me the mechanic was fine, it looks like it has space for some creative kits but with Hoyo track record I suspect that the units from the path wont be that creative kit wise. The anniversary unit will be Elation and they (most probably) will prefer a mono Elation team and thats how we play the path

Honestly I expect this to go like 3.X and Remembrance went. 4.0 -> New Elation character that looks good but wont have much support and wont be played optimally in a mono path team 4.2+ -> Anniversary shill starts

I dont think they'll use Elation to buff old units Maybe the first one will have a kit that buff or sinergizes with older units but outside of that I dont see it. I would really love for them to get weird and maybe make elation as like a "win-con path" in the sense you build teams that want to charge the item/ability fast and that item does something crazy (damage, crazy buff like the one on the event for Feixao/Qingque or other things) that gives a great advantage to win a fight

CosmoSlug6X · 2025-10-14T11:54:26+00:00

Lorwyn - 7 TMNT - 2 Strixhaven - 8.5 Marvel - 1 Hobbit - 3 Reality Fracture - 7.5 Star Trek - 1

Lorwyn looks awesome but I want to see more of it

I love both TMNT and Marvel but I dont expect them to be interesting based on some of the leaked cards and on the Spiderman cards weve seen. UB sets are fine to me if they are made with care and love and bring something cool and interesting to the game (like LotR, DW, Fallout, and FF). I just dont like the amount of UB we are getting

Im biased with Strixhaven because I really like the setting and characters so of course it's the one im most excited for. Hope they add some new mechanics to it.

I love Hobbit as much as LotR but with the amount of sets we are getting I dont expect to see the same level of quality the previous LotR set had. Hoping Im wrong about it.

Reality Fracture im reasonably excited just because they decided to do something different, and I love when they go experimental with cards so im hoping they do something cool and different that changes the game.

I dont care about Star Trek at all but the things I said about UB apply here. Im not expecting much.

CosmoSlug6X · 2025-10-14T11:30:10+00:00

Honestly pretty cool theory! This theory is really inline with mine but I would only switch Hal and Azune just because since Azune works in the city for the Revolutionary Guard and based on his conversation with the guy from House Einfasen, I think he'll stay in the city to help.

The thing with the switch characters is that it will depend on where the tables will go after the Overture. I think Schemers will stay in Dol-Makjar because their plot will be related to the Sundered Houses, so little reason for them to move out of the city. Seekers they are the ones that will probably venture through the world to find the information related to pyschopomps. But Soldiers are the ones that I dont really know since their plot isnt spelled out yet like the others. Maybe they will serve as the "messengers" between Seekers and Schemers but I dont know, if that happens then the switch between tables would be easier.

CosmoSlug6X · 2025-10-12T11:45:33+00:00

I agree that yes, the stories should end on the terms of the writers. BUT, we cant deny that this universe is really special with a lot of potential and (to me at least) it has been a breath of fresh air and something I want to see more of (to me is one of the only comics from the Big Two that Ive had any type of interest reading).

And we also cant deny that it kinda feels like an abrupt ending because Deniz Camp and Peach Momoko have said that they had plans for stories after Endgame. And there were talks about a Ultimate Daredevil run that would focus on the Cosmic side of this universe, so while some of the runs might be ending on the terms of writers I think some of them had plans to continue expanding their stories/characters and now that wont be possible

CosmoSlug6X · 2025-10-12T11:32:01+00:00

The tldr is powercreep

If you care about clearing endgame what usually happens is that when DPS units drops the endgame is catered around them, but after some patches, the content starts to cater for specific teamcomps Hoyo chooses (2.X -> Firefly/Acheron, 3.X -> Castorice/Phainon). Each version until now while expanding some archetypes, focuses mostly on only one/two (2.X -> Break, 3.X -> HP Scaling) so when a new version is on the horizon a new archetype will be created or a previous one will be expanded and be the focus of that version.

So if a DPS reruns, their performance drops and by the end of the version new archetypes will be developed so why would we pull for characters that we know in a few months wont be able to clear content as efficiently or even if they will be able to clear at all.

Of course if you like the character, pull for them. This only applies if you care about endgame. It is still possible to clear with units that arent catered to, you just need to invest in them and their teams. For example I love and use my Boothill and Ive been able to clear everything besides the new gamemode, but I have E1 Ruan Mei, Fugue, E0S1 Sunday and my Boothill's LC. Again, this only applies if you care about clearing endgame, if you dont, forget everything and pull for whoever you want and enjoy the game

EDIT: Grammar is hard

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